So you've decided that you'd like to setup your own Betaville server. Cool! By creating a dedicated server for your location you ensure that both connection and response times are as fast as possible, giving the best experience to your community. Its a fairly simply process to get your own Betaville up and running, so let's get to it.

Betaville's server software can run on any operating system that supports both Java and MySQL, so just about any will do just fine. Follow the guide for your operating system of choice in order to get it ready to go.

Of course, you need a place to register users and take care of account management. This is where the website comes in, though you are by no means forced into using what we have provided.. feel free to design your own site and integrate it with the Betaville framework! The site is built on PHP, so you will need a web server that is set up to serve PHP pages.

With the server now set up and running you are free to log in using your Betaville client application. As you may (or may not) expect, there is nothing in this fresh Betaville! Let's take a look at how to begin populating it with content.